 StewardofGondor (1934), Washington Heights - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Feb 10, 2008
Deep translucent chocolate with a cola like head fizzling at the top. Aroma sets the stage. Fudge bricks and bakers chocolate slaps with espresso beans lodged into the artifice. Burnt tar and broiled cocoa and prunes drum triumphantly with the abundant aromatic mocha character. Flavor produces quite a full mouthful with decadent milk chocolate and a touch of caramel talc commingling with cocoa powder. Chocolate milk with a chewy lactose sentiment. A sweet bitterness takes on traits of dynamic dark chocolate rather than a distracting burnt rawness found in much of the same style. Toffee bars melt to their simplest state of milk chocolate and gooey caramel ribbons. Controlled carbonation and a thick, chewy body, finishing with cocoa et caramel Tollhouse cookies good to the last drop.
Odeed (1473), Bakersfield, California, USA
Jul 25, 2008 dark brown with not much head.nice aroma of chocolate milk,brown sugar,and molasses.flavor is much of the same with some smoke and roasted malt thrown in.very nice indeed.
Retorp (2154), Tampa, Florida, USA
Jul 18, 2008 Huge thanks to I think Gililard, but thank you who ever! Lightly oxidized aroma followed by coffee, roast malt, chocolate and cocoa. The body is dark brown with a thin brown head. Sweet pumpernickel/brown bread flavors in the fore. A touch boozy. Chocolate, molasses, and bitter roast notes in the finish.
pint_size (1004), Austin, Texas, USA
Jul 13, 2008 6-29-08 bottle shared with lb4lb thanks to buckybeer
Dark brown black with a thin watery beige tan head and no lacing. Smell is Chinese food and sweet malt - huge soy sauce notes in there. Flavor is overly sweet and malty. Palate is nearly creamy but falls short. Overall, just a bit too sweet for me but not horrible.
lb4lb (1339), Austin, Texas, USA
Jun 30, 2008 Bottle courtesy of buckybeer. Thanks!
Pours a nice dark black with small short lived light tan head. Smell is dark fruit, light roastiness and a good amount of soy sauce and molasses. Taste is bitter dark fruit with some ashiness and soy. Lingering burnt flavor. Medium to thin body with medium carbonation and a tiny hint of alcohol in the aftertaste. Decent.
mar (558), Dallas, Texas, USA
Jun 28, 2008 bottle thanks to miketd. black pour with a thin caramel head. thick chocolate and roasted malts with a slight alcohol tingle on the nose. a little thinner than i was expecting but the big chocolate and coffee flavors make up for that. awesome job on this brew.
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